A fabulous feature you added there Sal. Thanks so much.
There is more work for the developers because you have to create the models and configure all the instruments. But performance is not really impacted. When the 3D models are hidden, they are not processed. And the GPS units get their code disabled when not used.
The basic idea is that all the 3D models are stacked on top of each other and they have an animation that allows them to move to any position within each stack. There are local vars that control the visibility and animation position of each instrument.
The tablet code is responsible for tracking the configuration of each preset. It has a list of the heights of each instrument and the available size of the stacks. Then it just calculates the position of each instrument and sets the LVars accordingly.
As a fallback, it sets defaults for the LVars so the instruments appear in the hangar when the tablet code is not running.
I meant to add a blank panel so you could insert a blank spot in between instruments. I also intended to make a second set of G5s for the co-pilot side. Maybe the next update will have those.
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